Exodus 20:22–26
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
The people of Israel have heard the very voice of God, a voice so terrible and holy that they begged Moses to be their mediator, lest they die. The mountain was wrapped in smoke, fire, and the blast of a supernatural trumpet. And out of that glorious terror, God spoke the Ten Words, the very foundation of His covenant law. These were not suggestions; they were the constitutional bedrock of the new nation of Israel, and by extension, the framework for all righteous human society. Now, in our text today, the aftershock of that encounter begins to ripple out into specific, practical instruction. It is one thing to be terrified by the glory of God. It is another thing entirely to know how to approach that God without being consumed. Get worship wrong, and you will get everything else wrong.